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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS 
IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 


Revised by 
Mark Sweeney 


Serial & Government Publications Division 
Library of Congress 
February 1992 









GUIDE TO 

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS 
IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 


Revised by 
Mark Sweeney 


Serial & Government Publications Division 
Library of Congress 
February 1992 





Table of Contents 


INTRODUCTION . 3 

LOCATION CODES . 4 

SESSIONS OF CONGRESS . 5 

GENERAL SOURCES . 6 

BILLS.11 

Obtaining copies . 11 

Status of current bills . 12 

Obtaining votes . 13 

CALENDARS.14 

DEBATES & PROCEEDINGS . 15 

Debates.15 

Journals.17 

COMMITTEE PRINTS . 18 

Obtaining copies . 18 

Indexes.18 

HEARINGS.19 

Obtaining copies . 19 

Indexes and finding aids.20 

Witness Index . 21 

REPORTS & DOCUMENTS . 22 

Obtaining copies . 22 

Indexes/finding aids.25 

Popular names (government reports) . 26 

PUBLIC LAWS.27 

Obtaining copies . 27 

Collected sets.27 

Indexes.28 

Popular names (public laws) . 29 

Additional sources . 29 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORIES . 30 

Sources.3 0 

Finding aids.31 

EXECUTIVE BRANCH . 32 

Regulations.32 

Departments...3 3 

President.3 3 


SUPREME COURT 


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STATE.37 

Information sources . 37 

Handbooks/manuals . 38 

Laws/legislation . 38 

Law digest.39 

TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS . 40 

Obtaining copies . 40 

Additional sources . 41 










INTRODUCTION 


This guide is a comprehensive list of sources covering the 
legislative process available in the Library of Congress. In 
addition, selected sources that contribute to understanding the 
legislative process have been included for other branches of the 
Federal Government. 

The emphasis is on sources that appear primarily in print. 
Microfilm and microfiche sets are included where applicable. And 
in cases where the publication is available online, these data 
bases have been included. The locations given are effective as of 
January 1, 1992. 

The following selected titles are standards in the fields of 
government documents and legal research. Some include out-dated 
material but are the most recent editions available. 


Boyd, Anne M. United States Government Publications . 
3rd rev. ed. by Rae Elizabeth Rips. 1952. Z1223.Z7B7 

Morehead, Joe. Introduction to United States Public 
Documents . 3rd ed. 1983. Z1223.Z7M67 1983 

Price, Miles 0., and Hary Bitner. Effective Legal 

Research . 3rd. ed. 1969. KF240.P7 1969 

Ripy, Thomas B., and Mark Gurevitz. United States Law: 
Finding Statutory Material . CRS Report (90-110A), 
1990. 

Schmeckebier, Laurence F., and Roy B. Easton. Government 
Publications and Their Use . 2nd rev. ed. 1969. 

Z1223.Z7S3 1969 

Stiverson, Keith Ann. Legal Research: An Introduction . 
Law Library of Congress (LL91-1), rev. March 1990. 

Zwirn, Jerrold. Congressional Publications and 

Proceedings . 2nd ed. Englewood, Colo, Libraries 
Unlimited, 1988. Z1067.Z85 1988 














LOCATION CODES 


CODES 

LOCATION 

Deck 7/N(orth) 

Adams Building 

Deck 7/S(outh) 

Adams Building 

LLRR 

Law Library Reading Room LM-201 

LL stacks 

Law Library stacks 

MicroRR 

Microform Reading Room LJ107 

MRR 

Main Reading Room LJ-100 

N&CPR 

Newspaper and Current Periodical Room, 
Serial & Government Publications 
Division LM-131 

DEPOSITORY 

Federal Deporitory Library Collection, 
Serial & Government Publications 
Division LM-131 


TELEPHONE 


707-5080 

707-5471 

707-4773 

707-5690 


707-5690 





SESSIONS OF CONGRESS 


1947 

- 

1948 

80 th 

1949 

- 

1950 

81st 

1951 

- 

1952 

82nd 

1953 

- 

1954 

83rd 

1955 

- 

1956 

84th 

1957 

- 

1958 

85 th 

1959 

- 

1960 

86 th 

1961 

- 

1962 

87th 

1963 

- 

1964 

88th 

1965 

- 

1966 

89th 

1967 

- 

1968 

90 th 

1969 

- 

1970 

91st 

1971 

- 

1972 

92nd 

1973 

- 

1974 

93rd 

1975 

- 

1976 

94th 

1977 

- 

1978 

95 th 

1979 

- 

1980 

96 th 

1981 

- 

1982 

97th 

1983 

- 

1984 

98th 

1985 

- 

1986 

99th 

1987 

- 

1988 

100th 

1989 

- 

1990 

101st 

1991 

- 

1992 

102nd 

1993 

- 

1994 

103rd 

1995 

- 

1996 

104th 

1997 

- 

1998 

105th 

1999 

- 

2000 

106th 

2001 

- 

2002 

107TH 


For dates of the 1st 
Congress to the present 
see: Congressional Directory . 
"Statistical Information." 




CONGRESS 


General sources 


1. Washington Information Directory . Congressional Quarterly. 

F192.3.W33 

First published in 1975, this annual publication provides 
access to sources of information on Congress, the executive 
branch and agencies, and various private and non-profit 
organizations. Arranged by subject with a combined 
agency/organization/subject (keyword) index. 

Location: LLRR current 

MRR current 
N&CPR current 

2. United States Government Manual . GPO JK421.A3 

The official handbook of the Federal Government published 
annually. Provides information on the legislative, judicial, 
and executive branches as well as quasi-official agencies and 
organizations in which the United States participates. 

Location: LLRR current 

MRR current 
N&CPR current 

Collected sets: Deck 7/S 1943- (loan set) 

DEPOSITORY 1979- 


3. Congressional Directory . GPO JK1011 

Traditionally published for each session of Congress, it 
is now published for the first session only. 

Provides information on Members of Congress, the 
President, the departments, the judiciary, the press, and the 
diplomatic corps. The subject index is located in the front 
of the volume and the individual index in the rear. 

Location: current edition available throughout the 

collections 

Collected sets: LLRR current 
MRR 1884- 

Deck 7/S 1832- (loan set) 

DEPOSITORY 1979- 






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4. Congressional Staff Directory , Congressional Staff Directory. 

JK1012.C65 

While the emphasis of the Congressional Directory is the 
Member, this directory concentrates on their staffs. Coverage 
includes not only the Congress but the executive branch 
(agencies and departments) as well as several independent 
agencies. 

Location: current edition available throughout the 

collections 

Collected sets: MRR 1972- 

Deck 7/S 1972- (loan set) 

DEPOSITORY 1979- 

5. CO Weekly Report . Congressional Quarterly. JK1.C66 

Tracks status of pending major legislation while 
providing background and current information on a broad 
spectrum of legislative, governmental, and political topics. 
Includes statistics on recorded votes as well as other 
specialized data. Publishes separate cumulative index 
quarterly with an annual final edition. 

Location: LLRR current 

MRR 1971- 

Deck 7/S 1947- (loan set) 

LLRR 1988- 
N&CPR last 2 years 

Online version: HIS/qu98- (1983-) 

DATATIMES/total cqw (1986-) 

DIALOG/484 news (1990-) [abstract] 

6. CO Almanac . Congressional Quarterly. JK1.C66 

This is more than just an edited version of the CO Weekly 
Report . Each volume is a review of the legislative session. 
Provides voting statistics on State and Federal candidates. 

Location: available throughout the collections 

Collected sets: MRR 1945- 

Deck 7/S 1945- (loan set) 

LLRR 1960- 
N&CPR 1945- 

7 . Congressional Monitor . Congressional Quarterly. CIO 

Issued weekly when Congress is in session, this 
periodical lists the week's upcoming House and Senate 
Committee meetings, status of appropriations, House and 
Senate floor actions, party organizations meetings and general 
news from the Hill. 

Location: N&CPR (current issues only title) 









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8. Congressional Index . Commerce Clearing House (CCH). 

KF49.C6 

Looseleaf arranged in two volume sets for each Congress, 
one for the Senate, one for the House. Separate sections 
track status of current bills and resolutions, voting records, 
treaties, nominations, measures vetoed, and more. The 
specialized indexes are in the Senate volume only. 

Location: LLRR last six years 

LL stacks 75th- 
MicroRR 96th- 
N&CPR 96th- 

9. Major Legislation of the Congress . (MLC). CRS KF42.M34 

"Summaries of topical congressional issues and major 
legislation introduced in response to those issues." Arranged 
by subject with title and legislation indexes. Also includes 
listing of CRS Reports. Final summary issue for each 
Congress. 

Location: LLRR current 

LL stacks 97th- 
DEPOSITORY 96th- 
N&CPR current 


10. Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications . GPO 

Z1223.A18 

Lists publications printed by the U.S. Government 
Printing Office (GPO). These publications cover a wide 
variety of subjects. Many of them are official government 
documents. Indicates whether these publications are available 
for sale to the public or sent to depository libraries. 
Arranged alphanumerically by SuDocs Classification number with 
a variety of additional indexes. 

For the most up-to-date listing of in-print publications 
available for sale consult the GPO Sales microfiche set (2nd 
Floor Copy Center). 

Location: LLRR 1941- (incomplete) (shelved with 

Catalog of the Public Documents 1893- 
1940) 

MRR (complete set) shelved with Catalog of 
the Public Documents: 1893-1940 
MicroRR 1985- 
N&CPR (complete set) 

Online version: DIALOG/66 (7/1976-) 

CD-ROM version: MARCIVE CD-ROM (7/1976-) 
available in the N&CPR 








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11. Congressional Information Service (CIS). 

Since 1970, the best source for tracking down the 
multitude of legislative publications. Abstracts and indexes: 
1) hearings (including witnesses), 2) committee prints, 3) 
House and Senate Reports, 4) House and Senate Documents, 5) 
Senate Executive Reports, 6) Senate Treaty Documents, 7) 
Public laws (legislative histories), and 8) selected special 
publications. For additional information see: "User Guide" 
(preface each edition). 

For coverage prior to 1970 CIS has several retrospective 
sets arranged by type of publication. These include committee 
prints, hearings, and the Serial Set . Entries for these sets 
can be found by consulting the title index. 

a. CIS/Index . 

"Index" and "Abstracts" sections provide 
current information that cumulates into the 
CIS/Annual . Issued monthly; "Index" cumulates 
quarterly. 

b. CIS Cumulative Index . KF49.C62 

At present a sixteen volume set, 1970-1990. 

Revises and supersedes the CIS/Annual Index but 

not the Abstracts. 

c. CIS/Annual . KF49.C62 

Divided into two basic sections; abstracts and 
index (subject, title, bill#, report#, document#). 
Since 1984 divided into three volumes; abstracts, 
index and legislative histories. 

d. CIS/Microfiche Library . 

Provides full-text retrieval for all 
publications cited in the CIS/Index and CIS/Annual . 

Location: LLRR 1970-(index) fiche 1970- 

MRR 1970-(index only) no fiche 
MicroRR 1970-(index) fiche 1970- 
N&CPR 1970-(index only) no fiche 

Online version: DIALOG/101 (1970-) 

e. CIS/Conaressional Masterfile on CD-ROM . 

All CIS indexes listed above on CD-ROM. 

Location: MRR (alcoves) 












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12. Federal Index . National Standards Association. Z7165.U5F42 
This index provides access to the three basic information 
sources of the Federal Government: the Congressional Record , 
the Federal Register . and The Weekly Compilation of 
Presidential Documents . It is published monthly with an 

annual cumulative edition. The index is organized into two 
sections: the Federal Subject Index, and the Federal Bill 
Track Index. The Federal Subject Index section lists entries 
alphabetically by subject terms, member names, department and 
agency names, Congressional committees, and country. The 
Federal Bill Track Index lists all bills and resolutions 
referenced in the Federal Index . 

Location: N&CPR 1977- 








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BILLS 


Obtaining copies 
1. Current Congress 

a. "slip" bills 

Location: LLRR (file copy) 

House/Senate Document Room 
(available on fiche to the public through 
the depository library system) 

Online version: HIS/tl##(e.g., tllOl) (1983-) 
NEXIS/legis;BLTEXT (current 
congress) for earlier (1989-) 
SENATE LEGIS (1989-) 

SCORPIO/CG (1973-) summary 

b. Congressional Bills on Microfiche . GPO. 

Produced throughout session. Prints bills as 
introduced on floor and all subsequent reprints. 

Location: LLRR (CIS fiche set) 96th- 

DEPOSITORY 97th- 


2. Prior Congresses 

a. bound congressional bills KF16(Congress & Bill #) 

The Law Library's bound set of congressional bills 
begins with the 9th Congress. For the early years there 
are some gaps. This collection has been microfilmed 
(lst-72nd on microfilm and the 73rd-100th on CIS fiche) 
with the microfilm collection covering those Congresses 
(lst-8th) where bound volumes are no longer available. 

Location: LLRR (microfilm) 

LL stacks (bound volumes) cannot be 

loaned 

b. Congressional bills 

The Senate Library's collection includes Senate and 
House bills from the 14th Congress to the present. 

Location: Senate Library 

c. House bills 

The House Library's collection includes House bills 
only from the 6th Congress to the present. 


Location: House Library 




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d. CIS/Conaressional Bills. Resolutions. and Laws on 

Microfiche , 

Produced as set months after the close of each 
Congress. 

Location: LLRR 75th-97th- (incomplete) 

e. Congressional Bills on Microfiche . GPO. 

For description see p. 11. 

Status of current bills 


1. Bill Digest (data base). ALD. 

Although available in print, the Bill Digest is most 
readily accessible online through the SCORPIO CG files. 
Options for the CG files vary by Congress (see: SCORPIO 
Reference Manual) beginning with the 93rd Congress (1973-). 

Location: SCORPIO CG file 

2. Digest of Public General Bills . ALD. 

The Bill Digest (see above) in print form. Provides 
summaries and, since 1970, legislative histories for all 
public bills and resolutions. Private bills are listed but 
not summarized. 

Location: LLRR 66th- (incomplete) 

MRR 70th- 

DEPOSITORY 96th- (depository collection) 

3. Congressional Record . Index . 

Both indexes, the bound annual and the biweekly, contain 
a separate section titled "History of Bills and Resolutions". 

Location: see p. 16. 

Online version: HIS/rc## (1985-) 

NEXIS/legis;record (1985-) 

DIALOG/135 (1981-) [abstract] 

SCORPIO/cr## - r### (1977-) [abstract] 

4. Congressional Record . Daily Digest . 

Beginning with the 80th Congress, this supplement to the 
Congressional Record provides information on bills introduced, 
reported, and passed the preceding day and a summary of 
chamber and committee action. The Daily Digest cumulates at 
the end of the session to become a separate volume of the 
bound Congressional Record . The bound edition also includes 
"History of Bills Enacted into Public Law." 

Location: see p. 15. 

















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5. Calendar of the House of Representatives and History of 

Legislation . 

For the description and location see p. 14. 

6. Congressional Index . CCH. 

For description and location see p. 16. 

7. Manor Legislation of the Congress (MLC). 

For description and location see p. 8. 

8. Federal Index . National Standards Association. 

For description and location see p. 10. 

Obtaining votes 

1. Congressional Record . 

Both indexes, the bound annual and the biweekly, cite 
where votes are recorded in the Concessional Record . 
Location: see p. 16 

online version: SCORPIO/cr 

2. CO Weekly Report . 

For description see p. 7. 

3. CO Almanac . 

For description see p. 8. 












CALENDARS 


Calendar of the United States House of Representatives and 

History of Legislation . GPO. J47.A3 

Official source of business reported from committees. 
Published daily when House is in session. Reports on pending 
legislation in both Senate and House. Monday issues include 
subject index to all legislation. Final issue provides 
summary of action, list of public law numbers, and list of 
bills that did not become law. 

Location: Deck 7/N 1901- (loan set) 

LLRR 74th/2nd- (final edition & current) 
DEPOSITORY 99th- 

Senate Calendar of Business . GPO. 

Because the House calendar provides information on 
legislation for both the Senate and the House, this is not a 
freguently used publication. It is further hindered by having 
no index and is not cumulative. Published daily when Senate 
is in session. 

Location: Deck 7/N 1945- 

DEPOSITORY 99th- 


Committee calendars. House & Senate. GPO. 

In general these calendars are a record of all committee 
business. Information recorded usually includes: members of 
the committee and subcommittees, legislation referred, 
legislative action taken, hearings held (and printed), and 
publications issued. Because each calendar is controlled by 
its respective committee, they vary as to content arrangement 
and frequency of publication. Issues cumulate with the 
final issue covering an entire Congress. 

Location: Adams Building Deck 7: (incomplete) 

JK1430 (House committee calendars) 
JK1240 (Senate committee calendars) 
LLRR 90th- (incomplete) 





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DEBATES & PROCEEDINGS 


Debates 


Congressional Record . GPO. 

The Record is the fourth in a series of publications 
reporting congressional debates. They are as follows: 

a. Annals of Congress 1789-1824 

b. Register of Debates 1824-1837 

c. Congressional Globe 1833-1873 

d. Congressional Record 1873- 

Since its inauguration the Record has gone through several 
revisions of content and arrangement. It now consists of four 
sections: the proceedings of the House; the proceedings of the 
Senate; the Extension of Remarks; and the Daily Digest, each 
paged and numbered separately. Since March, 1978 inserted 
items (those not "spoken" on the floor) are designated by a 
"bullet". 


Current coverage of Congress is provided by the daily 
Congressional Record . The daily Record is superseded by the 
bound Congressional Record . However, because the bound set 
is an edited version of the daily, one index does not serve 
both. The index for the bound set is a separate volume while 
the Congressional Record Index is published biweekly as an 
index to the daily Congressional Record . 


a. Congressional Record . (online) 

Online version: SCORPIO/cr## - r## (1977-) 

[abstract] 

DIALOG/135 (11/1981-) 

[abstract] 

NEXIS/record (1985-) 

WESTLAW/cr (1985-) 

HIS/rc## (1985-) 

b. Congressional Record . (daily) J11.R7 

Replaced by bound volumes as issued. 

Location: LLRR (until bound index for that 

session is received) 

MRR (until replaced by bound 
volumes) 

N&CPR last 2 congresses 


Collected set: LL stacks 1884- 
DEPOSITORY 1977- 

















Congressional Record . (bound annual) 


J11.R5 


Location: LLRR 1951- 

LL stacks Annals - (loan set) 

MRR 1920- 
DEPOSITORY 1977- 

Conaressional Record . (microfilm) 

This microfilm set includes its own separate 
hardcover index. Begins with Annals and runs through the 
91st Congress. 

Location: LLRR Annals - 

MicroRR Annals - 
DEPOSITORY 95th- 


Conaressional Record . Appendix . 

Underwent a variety of changes through the years to 
be replaced by the current "Extension of Remarks." 

1937-1968 published in daily Congressional Record 
and published as a separate volume of the 
bound set 

1941-1968 published with separate pagination 
("A###") 

1954-1968 not published with bound set but cited 
by its index. The Law Library bound the 
appendix with the annuals independent of 
GPO. 

Location: 1954-1968 special bound issues: LL stacks 
MRR Deck 46. 

Congressional Record . Daily Digest . 

For description and locations see p. 15. 

Congressional Record . Index . 

The Law Library keeps a collected set of 
Congressional Record indexes at its Reading Room 
reference desk. Other collections shelve their indexes 
with the regular bound volumes. 

Location: LLRR 1873- (paper & film) 

MRR 1920- 

MicroRR 1873- (fiche) 

N&CPR 1977- 

Online version: SCORPIO/cr (95th- ) 
















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h. Federal Index . 

For description and location see p. 10. 


Journals 

1. Senate Journal . GPO. KF45.G58 

The official record of the proceedings of the Senate 
required by the Constitution. Although adopted by the Senate 
as part of its daily business, the Journal is not published 
until after the session ends. Due to publication delays it 
does not appear until almost a year later. Distributed to all 
Senate members and depository libraries. For many years 
(1815-1952) the Journal was part of the US Serial Set . 
Although it remains an official document it is no longer part 
of the set. 

Location: LL stacks 1789- (loan set) 

Senate Document Room 
DEPOSITORY 1977- 

2. House Journal . GPO. KF46.G58 

The House version of the Senate Journal (see above). 

Location: LL stacks 1789- (loan set) 

House Document Room 
DEPSOITORY 1977- 

3. Additional journals; 

a. Executive Journal of the Senate . GPO. JK1251.A3 

Records motions and actions of executive sessions 
only. Requires special authorization for printings 
(seven to date). 

Location: MRR 1789- 

Deck 7/S 1789- (loan set) 

b. Journals of Congress . 

Location: MRR 1774-1789 

c. Secret Journals of Congress . 

Location: MRR 1775-1786 

d. Journals of the Continental Congress . 

Location: MRR 1774-1789 

LL stacks 1775-1789 













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COMMITTEE PRINTS 


Obtaining copies 

1. Current Congress (hardcopy) 

Location: From the respective committee/subcommittee 

2. CIS online version indexes and abstracts Congressional 

publications including reports, documents, hearings, 
prints and special publications. 

Online version: DIALOG/101 (1970-) 

3. CIS/Microfiche Library . 1970- 

For description and location see p. 9. 

4. US Congressional Committee Prints on Microfiche . CIS. 

Provides full text retrieval of prints cited in: 

CIS US Congressional Committee Prints Index . Z1223.Z7C66 
Indexes committee prints from the mid-1800s through 
1969. Expands and supersedes earlier Greenwood Press 
edition of this index. 

Location: LLRR (both editions) & fiche 

MRR (index only) 

MicroRR (both editions) & fiche 
N&CPR (index only) 

5. Many committee prints are treated as individual titles and 
shelved throughout the general collection. Consult card 
catalog, LCCC, and MUMS. Some prints may also be reissued as 
congressional reports or documents. As such they become part 
of the Serial Set (see p.24). 

Indexes 


1 . 


A Bibliography and Indexes of the United States Congressional 

Committee Prints : 

-From the 61st Congress, 1911, through the 91st Congress, 

First Session, 1969, in the United States Senate Library. 

Z7165.U5B52 1976 

-From the 65th Congress, 1917, through the 91st Congress, 

First Session, 1969, not in the United States Senate Library. 

Z7165.U5B5 1977 


Location: MRR 


2. Committee calendars. House & Senate. GPO. 

Serves as an index of sorts. For additional information 
and location see p. 14. 









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HEARINGS 


Obtaining copies 
1. Individual hearings 

a. As with committee prints, many hearings through the 90th 
Congress were treated as individual titles and are found 
throughout the general collections. Beginning with the 
91st Congress, hearings are classed by committee in the 
KF schedule as follows: 

KF 27 House committees 

KF 26 Senate committees 

KF 25 Joint committees 

Prior to April 1965 main entry in the card catalog 
is by main committee. After April 1965 entry is by 
subcommittee when appropriate. In addition to the card 
catalogs (main and law), entries are found on LCCC and 
MUMS. 

b. From the appropriate committee/subcommittee. 

c. Unofficial transcripts of selected Congressional hearings 

(spoken portions only) appear on the following: 

Online version: NEXIS/fednew (8/1988-) 

HIS/reut (past 7 days only) 

d. CIS online version indexes and abstracts Congressional 

publications including hearings, reports, documents, 

prints and special publications. 

Online version: DIALOG/101 (1970-) 

e. CIS/Microfiche Library . 1970- 

For description and location see p. 9. 

f. US Congressional Committee Hearings on Microfiche . CIS. 

Provides full text retrieval of hearings indexed in: 

CIS US Congressional Committee Hearings Index . 

KF40.C56 1981 

Indexes published congressional hearings from 

1833 through 1969. 

Location: LLRR (index & fiche) 

MRR (index only) 

N&CPR (index only) 







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g. CIS Unpublished US House of Representatives Committee 

Hearings . KF40.C54 1990 

Indexes unpublished House of Representatives 
hearings from 1833-1946.The microfiche set contains a 
copy of each publication identified in the index. CIS 
is planning to produce an index and fiche set for the 
1947-1968 period. 

Location: LLRR (index & fiche) 

MRR (index only) 

N&CPR (index only) 

h. CIS Unpublished US Senate Committee Hearings . 

KF40.C55 1986 

Indexes unpublished Senate hearings from 1823 
through 1968. The microfiche set contains a copy of each 
publication identified in the index. 

Location: LLRR (index & fiche) 

N&CPR (index only) 

i. SERIALS DIV (depository library collection) 96th- 

(Although hearings are part of the depository 
collection, not all depository libraries include them in 
their permanent collections.) 

2. Collected (bound) sets 

Location: MRR 78th Congress- 1943- 

LL stacks 1970- (each hearing bound 
separately, see "c": above) 


Indexes and other finding aids 

1. The index of congressional committee hearings (not 

confidential in character) prior to January 3. 1935 in 

the United States Senate Library . KF40.H8 

- Supplements . 1935- 

The House Library publishes a similar index. Titles 
do not always match those used in Library of Congress 
cataloging. 

Location: LLRR 

MRR 









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2. Supplement to the Index of Congressional Committee 

Hearings... Harold 0. Thomen, ed. 1973. 

KF40.T46 

Index of "all known nonconfidential" hearings in the 
Library of Congress collection but not in the Senate 
Library. Not to be confused with the supplements to the 
above. 

Location: LLRR 

3. Committee calendars. House & Senate. GPO. 

Indicates which hearings produce printed 
transcripts. For additional information and location see 
p. 13. 

Witness Index 

1. 1837-1966 Witness Index to US Congressional Hearings . 

Microfiche set arranged alphabetically by 
witness. Gives dates and the committees before 
which they appeared. 

Location: LLRR (25th-89th) 

MicroRR (complete) 

2. 1967 Senate Library witness card file 

Location: Senate Library 

3. 1967-1969 CIS US Congressional Committee Hearings Index . 

Not the best of indexes for information 

on witnesses, as it is not all-inclusive, but 
the only index available for these years. 
(Indexes actually cover dates: 1833-1969.) 
See p. 14. 

CIS/Index . 

For description and location see p. 9. 


4. 


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REPORTS & DOCUMENTS 


Obtaining copies 
1. Individual copies 

Most congressional reports and documents are first 
printed and distributed under separate title. They are later 
reprinted and redistributed in bound sets, known as the Serial 
Set. 


a. DEPOSITORY 96 th- 

b. Senate & House Document Rooms (will reprint current 
Congress only, others as available). 

House Document Room 100th to 102nd 
Senate Document Room 93rd to 102nd 

c. CIS/Microfiche Library . 1970- 

For description and location see p. 9. 

d. Some reports and documents are treated as separate titles 
and found throughout the general collection. Consult the 
card catalog, LCCC, or MUMS. 

e. Some reports and documents are better known by their 
separate titles. These include: 

1. Constitution. Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the 

House of Representatives . KF4992.U54 

Commonly known as the "House Manual" or 
"Jefferson's Manual" it is the source of the 
Houses's parliamentary procedure. 

Location: LLRR 

DEPOSITORY 

2. Deschler's Precedents of the United States House of 

Representatives . KF4992.D486 

Analyzes House parliamentary precedents. 
Supplements the earlier works of Hinds and Cannon. 
Deschler 1936-1974 
Cannon 1908-1936 

Hinds 1789-1907 


Location: LLRR 

MRR 









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3. Senate Manual . KF4982.U48 1988 

Senate equivalent of the "House Manual." 

Location: LLRR current 

DEPOSITORY 

4. Senate Procedure . KF4982.R5 1974 

Compilation of Senate rules, arranged 
alphabetically by subject or procedure. 

Location: LLRR 

DEPOSITORY 

5. Constitution Annotated . CRS. 

Location: LLRR 

MRR 

DEPOSITORY 

6. Clerk of the House of Representatives Report . 

Location: LLRR 1970- 

LL stacks (Serial Set copy) 
MicRR (Serial Set copy) 
DEPOSITORY 1980- 

7. Report of the Secretary of the Senate . 

Location: LLRR 1974- 

LL stacks (Serial Set copy) 
MicRR (Serial Set copy) 
DEPOSITORY 1980- 

f. USCCAN reprints (full text) House/Senate/conference 

reports on bills that become laws. For additional 
information and location see p. 28. 

g. Senate Executive Documents. GPO. JX170.U35 

Although official documents and depository items, 
they are not part of the Serial Set . Subject content 
deals primarily with treaties and other executive 
agreements. Lettered series. 

Location: LL stacks (loan set) 

DEPOSITORY 96 th- 

Senate Treaty Documents . GPO. 

Formerly part of the Senate Executive 

Documents. this separate publication begins with the 
97th Congress and is part of the Serial Set. . 


1 . 













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h. Senate Executive Reports . GPO. J74.A36 

These, too, are official documents and depository 
items but are not part of the Serial Set before the 96th 
Congress. Numbered series. 

Location: Deck 7/N (loan set) 

DEPSOITORY 96 th- 


2. Collected set 

a. US Serial Set . GPO. (hardcopy) LAW 

Serial Set 

Location: LL stacks 1817- (loan set) 

DEPOSITORY 1979- 

b. CIS US Serial Set on Microfiche . 

Provides full text retrieval of reports and 
documents cited in: 

CIS US Serial Set Index . Z1223.79C65 1975 

Twelve part index covering reports and 
documents from 1789-1969. Far easier to use than 
the various traditional compiled sets of finding 
aids/indexes (see below). 

Location: LLRR (index & fiche) 

MRR (index only) 

MicroRR (index & fiche) 

N&CPR (index only) 

c. CIS US Senate Executive Documents & Reports Index . 

Indexes comprehensively all documents and reports 
from the earliest items through 1969. The microfiche 
collection contains a copy of each publication identified 
in the index. 

Location: LLRR (index & fiche) 

d. SERIALS DIV. (depository collection, 1979-) 

e. House and Senate Reports (bound set) 

Location: LLRR 95th- (not part of Serial Set ^ 









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Indexes/findinq aids 

1. Numerical Lists and Schedule of Volumes , GPO. 1933-1980. 

Provides serial number for reports or documents 
contained in the Serial Set . For 1981 to the present use the 
Monthly Catalog Serial Set Supplement . See p. 8. 

Location: LLRR 1933- 

MRR 1933- 
N&CPR 1933- 

2. To obtain serial numbers prior to 1933, consult: 

1789-1817 American State Papers J33 

Special 38 volume set that was later 
incorporated into the Serial Set . 

Location: LLRR (fiche) 

MRR 

Deck 7/N (loan set) 

1817-1909 Checklist of U.S. Public Documents 

A separate index was intended but never 
printed. 

Location: LLRR 

MRR 
N&CPR 

1895-1940 Catalog of the Public Documents Z1223.A13 

Volumes 1-4 give serial numbers in a 
separate table, volumes 5-25 give the numbers 
with the main entry. 

Location: LLRR 

MRR 
N&CPR 

3. Monthly Catalog of Government Publications . 

For description and location see p. 8. 

4. CIS/Index . 1970- 
For description and location see p. 9. 

CIS US Serial Set Index . 

See p. 24. 


5 . 













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Popular names (government reports) 


1. Popular Names of US Government Reports . 4th ed., 1984 

Z1223.A199U54 

Arranged alphabetically by popular title. Gives 
institutional title (the one they're cataloged under) for 
popular or short titles. 

Location: LLRR 

MRR 
N&CPR 

2. See also: Popular names (public laws), p. 29. 




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PUBLIC LAWS 


Obtaining copies 

1. "slip" laws 

First published form of laws after passage by congress. 
Arranged by public law number for each Congress. 

Location: (current 2 Congresses) 

LLRR (file copy) 

House & Senate Document Rooms (several 
recent Congresses; gaps for the earlier 
time period) 

Online version: HIS/tl## (1983-) 

LEXIS/genfed;publaw (1989-) 
SCORPIO/eg (1983-) 

WESTLAW/us-pl (1989-) 

2. CIS/Conqressional Bills. Resolutions, and Laws on Microfiche . 

For description and location see p. 12. 

Collected sets 


1. United States Statutes at Large . GPO. KF50.U5 

The "slip" laws in bound form published by congressional 
session. Lists all public and private laws as well as some 
Presidential material. Since 1975, legislative histories for 
public laws are included. 

Location: LLRR 1789- (loan set LL stacks) 

MRR 

DEPOSITORY 1977- 

2. United States Code . GPO. KF62.1988.A2 

Official source for all general and permanent laws in 
force. Revised every six years, updated by supplements. 

Location: LLRR current 

MRR current 

DEPOSITORY 1979- (incomplete) 

1982 edition- 

LL stacks 1940- (loan set) 

Online version: HIS/usco (current) 

LEXIS/genfed;uscs (current) 
WESTLAW/usc (current) 







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3. United States Code Annotated , West Publishing Co. 

KF62.1927.W45 

"Official restatement in convenient form of the general 
and permanent laws of the United States." What makes this 
publication far more useful than the official US Code is its 
many indexes and tables. Constant revision by pocket parts 
keeps it current. 

Locations: LLRR (loan set LL stacks) 

Online version: WESTLAW/usc (current) 

4. USCCAN. West publishing Co. KF48.W45 

Includes full text of public laws as part of its 
legislative histories. For additional description and 
location see p. 30. 

Indexes 


1. Current Law Index . Information Access Corp. K33.C87 

Similar to the Index of Legal Periodicals . this 
publication currently indexes over 700 titles. Issued monthly 
and cumulated annually since 1980. 

Location: LLRR 1980- 

2. Index to Legal Periodicals . H.W. Wilson Co. K9.N32 

The Readers Guide of legal literature. 

Location: LLRR 192 6- 

MRR 1926- 

Online version: WESTLAW/ilp (1981-) 

LEXIS/lawrev;ilp (10/1981-) 

3. Legal Trac . Information Access Corp. 

CD-ROM version of the Current Law Index . 

Location: LLRR 1980- (more up-to-date then the 

paper version) 












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Popular names (public laws) 

1. Shepards Acts and Cases bv Popular Name , Shepard's, Inc. 

KF80.S5 

Current edition (1986) is updated by cumulative 
supplements. Arranged alphabetically by popular name giving 
citations to US Code . Statutes at Large , or State code/session 
laws. 


Location: LLRR 

Online version: WESTLAW/sh (current) 

Additional sources that include popular names: 

2. US Code , popular name table. See p. 27. 

3. US Code Annotated , popular name table. See p. 28. 

4. USCCAN, popular name table. See p. 28. 

5. Congressional Index , official short title index. 

See p.16. 

6. SCORPIO, CR and CG files 

7. Legislative Histories Indexed Guide , popular name index. 
See p. 30. 











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LEGISLATIVE HISTORIES 


Sources 


1. United States Code Congressional and Administrative News 

(USCCAN). West Publishing Co. KF48.W45 

Major source for legislative histories since 1941. 
Legislative histories include full text of many of the cites 
congressional reports or documents, as well as citations to 
statute law. 

Location: LLRR 1941- (loan set LL stacks) 

Online version: WESTLAW/lh (1986-) 

2. Bill Digest (data base). ALD. 

Provides legislative histories of public bills that 
become laws. For additional information see p. 12. 

Location: SCORPIO CG files 

3. CIS/Microfiche Library . 

For location see p. 9. 


4. Legislative Histories Indexed Guide . Legislative Histories 

Service. 1977. KF42.2 1977 

Legislative histories of selected public laws from the 
82nd-93rd Congresses. Includes popular name, public law 
number, and statute law indexes. Full text retrieval 
available with companion microfiche set. 

Location: LLRR and fiche 

5. CIS/Annual. 1970- KF49.C62 

Abstracts and indexes public laws. Since 1984 it has 
included a separate legislative histories volume. Gives 
citations for full text retrieval of documents comprising the 
legislative histories from: 


CIS/Microfiche Library . 

For location see p. 9. 








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6. Other publications include legislative histories as part of 
their publication rather than as the primary focus. These 
vary in completeness . 

a. Congressional Record . Index . See p. 16. 

b. Digest of Public General Bills . See p. 12. 

c. Calendar of the House . See p. 14. 

d. Congressional Index . See p. 16. 

e. Statutes at Large . See p. 27. 

f. "Slip" law. 

Finding aids 

1. Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories . Nancy P. Johnson, 

ed. AALL, 1979. (looseleaf) KF42.2 1979 

Bibliography of government documents, periodical 
articles, and books cited in legislative histories for 
selected public laws from the lst-94th Congresses. Arranged 
by public law number for each Congress with specialized 
indexes. 

Location: LLRR 

2. Union List of Legislative Histories . Law Librarian's Society 

of Washington, D.C. 6th ed., 1985. KF4.U55 

Lists holdings of the Society's members legislative 
histories collections. Arranged by public law number with 
corresponding bill numbers and citations to Statutes at Large . 


Location: LLRR 














32 


EXECUTIVE BRANCH 

Regulations and regulatory agencies 

1. Federal Regulatory Directory . Congressional Quarterly. 

KF5406.A15F4 

This annual publication started in 1979. The only 
directory that provides information, and sources to 
information, concerning government regulations and the various 
regulatory agencies under one cover. Arranged by subject and 
agency with personnel and subject/agency indexes. 

Location: LLRR current 

LL stacks 1979- 
MRR (current) 

2. Federal Register . GPO. (daily) J1.A2 

Established by an act of Congress in 1935, this is the 
official source of all Federal rules and regulations of the 
executive departments and agencies. Separate section included 
for Presidential documents. Index is printed separately: 
monthly with cumulated editions. For information on how to 
use this publication see Federal Regulatory Directory , p. 872- 
873 of the 1990 edition. 

Location: LLRR 4 years hard copy 

LLRR 1935- (fiche or film) 

LL stacks 1936- (loan set) 

N&CPR current year 

Online version: DIALOG/136 [abstract only] (1977- 
DIALOG/669 (1988-) 

NEXIS/exec;fedreg (7/1980-) 
WESTLAW/fr (1980-) 

3. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). GPO. KF240.F5 

The official code for administrative law. The CFR is 
organized under 50 titles. Since 1977, the index (which 
includes the former "finding aids") is published in a separate 
volume. The CFR is updated by the LSA: List of Sections 
Affected and the Federal Register . Therefore, to 

determine current regulations both publications must be 
consulted. 


Location: LLRR current (microfilm 1939-1976) 

LL stacks 1939- (loan set) 
DEPOSITORY current 

Online version: NEXIS/exec;cfr (1981) 
WESTLAW/cfr (1984) 










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Departments 

The departments of the executive branch issue many 
publications. Some of these are required by, and submitted to, 
Congress (eg. annual reports). Once submitted they become 
congressional documents. As such they follow the same process of 
other congressional reports and documents that eventually become 
part of the Serial Set . For further description of the Serial Set 
and its location see p. 


President 


1. White House Press Releases . 

Often the most current information but difficult to 
access as the only arrangement is chronological and the index 
comes out much later. The releases are checklisted in the 
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents . 

Online version: DIALOG/145 (1981-8/15/1989) 

NEXIS/fednew (8/1988-) unofficial 
transcripts 

HIS/reut (Reuters wire) unofficial 
transcripts 

2. Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents . GPO. J80.A284 

An offshoot of the Federal Register that started 
publication in 1965. By far the most useful set of 
Presidential documents. Includes full texts of speeches, 
addresses, press conferences, etc. A good source for 
biographical information on nominations. Cumulative index 
with each edition plus separately published indexes. These 
documents are later bound together to form the Public Papers 
of the President series. 

Location: LLRR 1965- 

Deck 7/N 1965- (loan set) 

MRR current 
N&CPR current 

Online version: NEXIS/exec;presdc (1981-) 

3 . Public Papers of the Presidents . GPO. J80.A283 

This series began as an annual in 1957 and is very 
limited in its retrospective coverage. At present the 
complete set includes the papers of Hoover and Truman through 
Carter. Presidential papers (that exist) prior to Hoover and 
those of Franklin D. Roosevelt were issued by private 
publishers. The Public Papers are basically an edited version 
of the Weekly compilation of Presidential Documents . 
Beginning with Carter, all information published in the Weekly 
Compilation will now be reprinted in the Public Papers . 


















34 


3. Public Papers of the President , (continued) 

Location: MRR (plus private sets) 

Deck 7/N (loan set) 

N&CPR 

4. Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive 

Orders . GPO. 

"It is published to provide in one convenient reference 
source proclamations and Executive orders with general 
applicability and continuing effect." Arranged under the 50 
titles of the CFR . Includes not only the original 
proclamation or order but any changes or amendments added 
later. Current edition supersedes prior ones. 

Location: LLRR 

LL stacks 
N&CPR 

5. Proclamations & Executive Orders 

It is not always easy to distinguish between the use of 
these two. Customarily, proclamations are used for action 
that has no legal effect; yet some have the force of law, some 
do not. Executive orders are used to direct and govern 
government officials and agencies. Proclamations and 
Executive orders, however, are treated as distinct items with 
each issued in separate numerical order. 

Sources: Statutes at Large . See p. 27. 

Federal Register . See p. 32. 

Weekly Compilation . See p. 33. 

CFR Title 3 . (after June 1938) . See p.32. 

USCCAN . See p. 28. 

US Code . See p. 27. 

a. CIS Index to Presidential Executive Orders & 

Proclamations. CIS. 

The most comprehensive index of Executive Orders and 
Proclamations for the period 1789-1983. The microfiche 
set contains a copy of each publication identified in the 
index. 

Location: LLRR (index & fiche) 


b. Presidential Executive Orders . WPA Historical Records 
Survey. J80.A72 

Index to some Executive Orders for the period 1862- 
1938, indicating the location of the text in collected 
works. 


Location: LLRR 














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6. Reorganization Plans 

Have the effect of law unless disapproved by Congress 
within 60 days of issue. Appear in a variety of sources 
depending on their progress through the legislative process: 

as offered by the President: 

1. House/Senate documents 

2. Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents 

3. USCCAN 
as adopted: 

Title 5 of the US Code 
as of effective date: 

Federal Register (printed day after) 
as a Presidential document: 

CFR Title 3 

7. Budget of the United States Government. GPO HJ2051.A59 

Contains the budget message of the President and presents 
an overview of the budget proposals. 

Location: LLRR 1984- 

MRR current (stacks 1923-) 

DEPOSITORY 1981- 
N&CPR current 

Online version: HIS/budget (current) 

8. Statistical Abstracts of the United States . GPO HA202.S8 

A one volume summary of social, political, and economic 
statistics for the United States. It also serves as a 
reference guide to more comprehensive statistical publications 
and sources available from the government. 

Location: LLRR (current) 

MRR (current) (stacks 1878-) 
DEPOSITORY 1979- 
N&CPR (current) 

9. CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents. 1789-1909 . CIS. 

A guide to documents listed in the Checklist of U.S. 
Public Documents. 1789-1909 . not printed in the U.S. Serial 
Set . This set will eventually consist of six parts, published 
over the next five years. Currently only Part I, covering 
Treasury, Commerce and Labor is published. 

Location: LLRR (index & fiche) 

N&CPR (index only) 


10 . 


Federal Index . National Standards Association. 
For description and location see p. 10. 














36 


SUPREME COURT 

The following is a list of basic sources from which copies of 
Supreme Court opinions can be obtained. Publications used for 
legal research of these opinions are not included here. 

1. "bench" opinions 

Location: LLRR current two terms (daily receipt) 

2. The United States Law Week . Supreme Court. BNA. (looseleaf) 

Weekly publication. Reprints "bench" opinions full text 
with digest headnotes. Divided into two main sections, 
proceedings and opinions. The index is cumulative and there 
is a list giving current status of cases before the Court. 

Location: LLRR most recent 2 sessions 

LL stacks 1953- 

Online version: LEXIS/genfed;uslw (7/1982-) 
WESTLAW/bna-uslw (1986-) 

3. United States Reports . GPO. KF101.A212 

Supreme Court decisions appear first as "bench" opinions 
which are similar to legislative "slip" bills. With the 
addition of the Reporter of the Decisions of the Supreme 
Court's summary of facts, syllabi, and index these "bench" 
opinions become preliminary prints (also known as advance 
sheets) . At the end of the October Term these are 
consolidated into bound volumes known as the United States 
Reports . This is the official record of Supreme Court 
decisions. For an explanation of the chronology and 
organization of the early volumes of this series see: Price & 
Bitner, p. 130. 

Location: LLRR 1789- 

LL stacks 1789- (loan set) 

DEPOSITORY 1979- 

Online version: LEXIS/genfed;us (1790-) 

SCORPIO/pplt (10/1989-) abstracts 
WESTLAW/set-old (1790-1944) 
WESTLAW/sct (1945-) 






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STATE 


Information sources 

1. State Information Book . Potomac Books, Inc. JK2443.L84 

Provides directory of State offices, departments and 
agencies. Includes names and telephone numbers for each as 
well as each State's local (D.C.) information office. 
Published yearly. 

Location: LLRR 

MRR 
N&CPR 

2. The Book of the States . The Council of State Governments. 

JK2403.B6 

Biennial publication providing a broad spectrum of 
information and statistics on a variety of subjects. 
Organized by subject categories with a general index. 

Location: LLRR 

MRR 
N&CPR 

3. State Legislative Sourcebook . Government Research Service. 

JK2495.S689 

This publication provides in one loose-leaf volume a 
guide to legislative information resources in each of the 
fifty states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. 
Contains biographical profiles, personal financial holdings, 
and campaign contributions of legislators, as well as names, 
telephone numbers, committee rosters, rules, etc. 

Location: LLRR 

MRR 
N&CPR 

4. State Administrative Officials Classified by Function . 

Council of State Governments. JK2403.B6 

This is the third volume in a series of supplements to 
The Book of the States . It provides a list of officials, both 
elected and appointed, responsible for key functions. 

Location: LLRR 

MRR 
N&CPR 

5 . State Elective Officials and the Legislatures . Council of 

State Governments. JK2403.S69 

This is the first volume in a series of supplements to 
The Book of the States . This volume contains the names of 
elected state executive branch officials, the state court of 










38 


5. State Elective Officials and the Legislatures, (continued) 

last resort judges, and the state legislators serving as of 
January 1989. 

Location: LLRR 
MRR 
N&CPR 


6. State Legislative Leadership. Committees & Staff. Council of 
State Governments. JK2495.S688 

This is the second volume in a series of supplements to 
The Book of the States . It is intended as a tool for accessing 
information on legislative organization, staffing and 
committee structure in the states. 

Location: LLRR 
MRR 
N&CPR 


7. The National Directory of State Agencies . Cambridge 
Information Group Directories, Inc. (annual) JK2443.N37 

This publication identifies primary policy makers in 
state government, listing both elected officials, and 
administrative officers by 105 functional, or policy areas. 

Location: N&CPR 

MRR 


Handbooks/manuals 

These are commonly referred to as "blue books." Their content 
and organization (as well as title) differ from State to State. 
They are usually updated yearly. 

Location: MRR 

Deck 7 
N&CPR 


Laws/legislation 

Organization, type, and publication vary by State. The Law 
Library has a complete set of State session law and codes. The 
general collection has a bound set of State journals. For 
information on how these are organized by the individual States 
(and their titles) see: 








39 


Guide to State Legislative Materials , Mary Fisher, ed. 
AALL. 1979. KF1.G8 

Arranged alphabetically by State, within each State 
listing by category (eg. digest, statute). Gives a 
comprehensive list of each State's legislative and legal 
publications as well as how to obtain them and who to 
contact. 

Location: LLRR 



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Law digests 


1. Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory . Martindale-Hubbell Inc. 

KF190.H813 

The final volume of each set is a collection of law 
digests alphabetically by State. These digests are compiled 
by the leading law firms in each State and are arranged by 
subject topics. 

Location: LLRR 1982- (last ten years) 

( Hubbell Directory 

1870-1979) 

LL stacks (earlier editions) 

MRR (current edition) 

Online version: NEXIS/marhub;usa (1991 edition) 
NEXIS/marhub;inti 
NEXIS/marhub;Canada 





41 


TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS 

Obtaining copies 

1. Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS). GPO. 
1945- 

The official "slip" set for these documents. Provides 
full text. Indexed in the Monthly Catalog of Government 
Publications . and cited until 1990 in the Department of State 
Bulletin as well as Treaties in Force . Citations continued in 
Dispatch since 1990. 

Location: LLRR (until UST) 

DEPOSITORY (until UST ) 

2. United States Treaties and Other International Agreements 

(UST). GPO. 1950- JX231.A34 

TIAS in bound form. TIAS and UST were authorized by an 
Act of Congress in 1950 in order to consolidate the printing 
of texts for treaties and other international agreements. 
Arranged chronologically with subject and country indexes. 

Location: LLRR 1950- (loan set LL stacks) 

MRR 1950- 
N&CPR 1950- 

3. US Statutes at Large . GPO. 

A formal treaty has the force of a Federal statute and 
until 1950 they were included with the published Statutes at 
Large . After 1950 these documents were compiled in their own 
separate series (see above). For location see p. 27. 

4. Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United 

States of America . Charles I Bevans, comp. 1968-1976. 

JX236.1968.A5 

Retrospective set that includes all treaties and other 
international agreements from 1776-1949. 

Location: LLRR 

LL stacks (loan set) 

MRR 

5. Copies of treaties and international agreements are available 
in "slip” form through GPO. Copies of treaties that require 
congressional implementation (in full or in part) are 
available from the Senate Executive Clerk (tel: 224-4341) and 
the Senate Document Room. 

6. Department of State Treaty Office. Often there is 
considerable lag time between Senate advice and consent to 
ratification and printing of the treaty. This office can 
supply pre-publication copies. (647-1345) Robert Schaaf, 





















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Senior Specialist in United Nations and International 
Documnents, is also a source of information on treaties. 
(707-6127) 

7. Hein / s U.S, Treaties and Other International Agreements 

Current Service . Hein. LL 91/10000 

Because of the time lag in the printing of treaties in 
slip form, William S. Hein has begun publishing all approved 
treaties on microfiche, beginning in 1990. A temporary 
control number is assigned to each treaty. A subject index 
exists on microfiche as well. 

Location: LLRR 

Additional sources 


1. Treaties in Force (TIF). GPO. (annual) JX236.1929c 

Listing of all treaties and agreements still in force as 
of date of publication. Gives cites for any modifying 
legislation. Current edition supersedes prior ones. 

Location: LLRR current 
MRR current 
DEPOSITORY 1979- 

2. Department of State Bulletin . GPO. (1939-1989) JX232.A33 

Reprints press releases announcing treaties and 
agreements. Also includes major foreign policy speeches 
and statements. Sometimes includes full text of treaties or 
agreements. Ceased December 1989, replaced in 1990 by 
Dispatch . 

Location: LLRR 1970-1989 

DEPSOITORY 1979-1989 

Online version: NEXIS/exec;dsptch (1984-1989) 

DIALOG/211,47 Mag Ind-IAC (1977- 
1989) [index only] 
DIALOG/647 Mag Asap-IAC (1983- 

1989) 

SCORPIO/mags;magsb (1980-89) index 

3. U.S. Department of State Dispatch . GPO (weekly) 

Contains major speeches and congressional testimony by 
senior U.S. officials, foreign policy summaries, fact sheets, 
current U.S. treaty actions, feature articles, and updates on 
events around the world. 

Location: LLRR 1990- 

DEPOSITORY 1990- 

Online version: NEXIS/exec;dsptch (1990-) 










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INDEX 

American State Papers 25 
Annals of Congress 15 

Bibliography and Indexes of the United States 

Congressional Committees 18 
Bill Digest 12, 30 
Blue books 38 
Book of the States 37 
Budget of the United States Government 35 

Calendar of the House of Representatives 

and History of Legislation 13, 14, 31 
Catalog of the Public Documents 8, 25 
Checklist of U.S. Public Documents 25, 35 
CIS Cumulative Index 9 
CIS Index to Presidential Executive Orders & Proclamations 34 
CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1909 35 
CIS Unpublished US House of Representatives 

Committee Hearings 20 
CIS Unpublished US Senate Committee Hearings 20 
CIS US Congressional Committee Hearings Index 19, 21 
CIS US Congressional Committee Prints Index 18 
CIS US Senate Executive Documents & Reports Index 24 
CIS US Serial Set Index 24, 25 
CIS US Serial Set on Microfiche 24 
CIS/Annual 9, 30 
CIS/Congressional Bills, Resolutions, 

and Laws on Microfiche 12, 27 
CIS/Congressional Masterfile on CD-ROM 9 
CIS/Index 9, 21, 25 
CIS/Microfiche Library 9, 18, 19, 22, 30 
Clerk of the House of Representatives Report 23 
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 32 
Codification of Presidential Proclamations 

and Executive Orders 34 
Committee calendars 14, 21 
Congressional bills 11 
Congressional Bills on Microfiche 11, 12 
Congressional Directory 6 
Congressional Globe 15 
Congressional Index 8, 13, 29, 31 
Congressional Monitor 7 
Congressional Record 10, 15, 16 
Congressional Record Index 12, 15, 31 
Congressional Record. Appendix 16 
Congressional Record. Daily Digest 12, 16 
Congressional Record. Index 12, 16 
Congressional Staff Directory 7 


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Constitution Annotated 



23 

Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules 




of the House of Representatives 



22 

CQ Almanac 



7 

CQ Weekly Report 



7 

Current Law Index 



28 

Department of State Bulletin 


40, 

41 

Department of State Dispatch 


40, 

41 

Deschler's Precedents of the United States 




House of Representatives 



22 

Digest of Public General Bills 


12, 

31 

Executive Journal of the Senate 



17 

Federal Index 

10, 13, 

16, 

35 

Federal Register 

10 

, 32- 

-35 

Federal Regulatory Directory 



32 

Guide to State Legislative Materials 



38 

Hein's U.S. Treaties and Other International 

Agreements 


41 

House Journal 



17 

Index of Congressional Committee Hearings 



20 

Index to Legal Periodicals 



28 

Journals of Congress 



17 

Journals of the Continental Congress 



17 

Legal Trac 



28 

Legislative Histories Indexed Guide 


29, 

30 

LSA:List of Sections Affected 



32 

Major Legislation of the Congress 


8, 

13 

Marcive CD-ROM 



8 

Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory 



39 

Monthly Catalog of Government Publications 



25 

Monthly Catalog of United States Government 

Publications 

8, 

25 

Monthly Catalog Serial Set Supplement 



25 

National Directory of State Agencies 



38 

Numerical Lists and Schedule of Volumes 



25 

Popular Names of US Government Reports 



26 

Presidential Executive Orders 



34 

Public Papers of the Presidents 



33 

Register of Debates 



15 

Report of the Secretary of the Senate 



23 

Secret Journals of Congress 



17 


45 


Senate Calendar of Business 14 
Senate Executive Documents 23 
Senate Executive Reports 24 
Senate Journal 17 
Senate Manual 23 
Senate Procedure 23 
Senate Treaty Documents 23 
Serial Set 9, 18, 22, 23, 25, 33 
Shepard's Acts and Cases by Popular Name 29 
Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories 31 
State Administrative Officials Classified by Function 37 
State Elective Officials and the Legislatures 37, 38 
State Information Book 37 
State Legislative Leadership, Committees & Staff 38 
State Legislative Sourcebook 37 
Statistical Abstracts of the United States 35 
Statutes at Large 27, 31, 34 
Supplement to the Index of Congressional Committee 

Hearings... 21 

Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS) 40 
Treaties and Other International Agreements 

of the United States 40 
Treaties in Force 41 

Union List of Legislative Histories 31 
United States Code 27, 29, 34, 35 
United States Code Annotated 28, 29 
United States Code Congressional and 

Administrative New USCCAN 23, 28-30, 34, 35 
United States Government Manual 6 
United States Law Week 36 
United States Reports 36 
United States Statutes at Large 27, 31, 34, 40 
United States Treaties and Other 

International Agreements (UST) 40 
US Congressional Committee Hearings on Microfiche 19 
US Congressional Committee Prints on Microfiche 18 
US Serial Set 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 33 

Washington Information Directory 6 
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents 10, 33, 35 
White House Press Releases 33 
Witness Index to US Congressional Hearings 21 















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